I recently saw a comment on this blog, from Neville, where he was having trouble getting FTP to operate as expected on his web server. Needless to say, this could be the result of several configuration issues. Suffice to say, … Continue reading
“Chokri” commented on the post “Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – LAMP installation with cgi-bin“, asking: “…I have trouble while installing ffmpeg-php, I downloaded the tar file but while executing the make … Continue reading
Erica from Canada asks: “… I’m using Ubuntu 9.04… the “Check for Updates” in Firefox is grayed out and apt-get does not upgrade Firefox… I’m stuck at 3.0.18, how can I get upgraded?…” This is an issue, I’ve encountered before. … Continue reading
Ruud emailed asking, “How do I install Chrome and Google Earth? I’ve tried using apt-get, but the packages are not found. I am using Ubuntu 8.04” For Ubuntu 8.04 users, please try the instructions below. (I’m not in front of … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I “seriously” posted on this blog, as I’ve been super busy. One of the things I do in my work is custom build desktop computers and servers for clients. There’s been a sudden demand for … Continue reading
One of my earlier posts, Faster Internet With an Old Laptop – Ubuntu and Squid, discussed how to install Squid and Webmin on an old laptop. The premise being that having a proxy server on the network helped speed up … Continue reading
In an earlier post to this series, I talked about converting an old ancient IBM Thinkpad T22 Laptop into a proxy server (using Squid). While this did substantially improve my web surfing speed, it occurred to me that the laptop … Continue reading
I read an interesting post comparing the different browsers and how they compare (in terms of performance) with each other. The conclusion of the post Linux Browser Shootout with Peacekeeper, suggested that Epiphany-Webkit was the best. From their web site: … Continue reading
One thing I particularly enjoy are tools that make my work simpler. I was reading a post on Smashing Magazine about “35 CSS-Lifesavers For Efficient Web Design” that mentioned Compass. It’s a a real stylesheet framework. As such it’s of … Continue reading
This article continues the series of articles on Firewall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). Firewall Builder was introduced on … Continue reading